Corset



A. LIPMAN March 8 1927.

CORSET Filed April 20. 1925 lNVENTOR A.L/PMAN BY V 6a ATTORNEYS plication,

. construction, and

Patented Mar. 8, 1927:

UNITED STATES:

ADOLPH LIPMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO VENUS .BRASSIERE 00., OF I CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CORSET.

Application filed April 20, 1925. Serial No. 24,609. Y

My invention relates to improvement in corsets, and more particularly in a corset designed to Combine in one garment a girdle and a brassiere.

An object of my invention is to provide a garment consisting of av girdle for controlling the figure from the waist down, and a brassiere to fit and control the bust.

A further object of my invention is to rovide a garment of the type described, which ma be worn in comfort when sitting or wa king, or with other movements or activities of the limbs.

A further object of my invention is to provide agarment of the type described, including an abdominal support which does not unduly restrict the movements of the wearer.

A further object of myinvention is to provide a. garment of the type described, in which bending, stooping, or reachingis permitted, due to the provision of an elastic portion which removes the strain from the shoulder straps, and also from the hose supporters.

My invention is illustrated in the accomforming part of this appanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the garment in normal position on the body,

Figure 2 is a front view,

garment. being opened to show the internal Figure 3' is a detail view showing the construction of the abdominal support.

In carrying out my invention, I provide an upper brassiere portion-1' made of any suitable material, and a lower girdle portion 2 which is connected at-the rear by' an elastic webbing 3 cut in saw-tooth shape and extending across the back from one side of the garment to the other, and inserted so as to stretch up and down to permit the wearer to bend forward. -The girdle portion is provided with stays 4 at the rear, which extend to the bottom of the garment. At the bottom is'a hem 5 which is non-elastic.

The brassiere portion is provided with shoulder straps 6. Thegirdle portionhas elongated V-shaped elastic gores 7 extending from the waist to the bottom of the garment on either side thereof. At the bottom are the hose supporters 8.

On the ins1de f thegarment issec'ured a portion of the,

shoulder straps.

on one side thereof (see F1gure-3) a strip of elastic webbing 9 which is provided with two reenforcing strips 10, each of these'reenforcing strips having a row of eyes 11.

tic 12 is an abdominal supporting member. This is a full floating cloth support 13 which is boned with light weight steels 14. It will be noted that there is a central steel, with other steels arranged in a pvramidal form so as to radiate the control from the point at the center over the abdomen. dominal support are hooks which are arranged to engage either of the rows 11. It will be observed that this abdominal support is substantially below the waist-line so as to form an eificient supporting member while permitting the body to bend above it.

The combined girdle and brassire is fastened on the left front side, hooks and eyes of the diaphragm down 15 and 16 respectively.

From the foregoing On the edge of the .ab

description of the I various parts of the device, the operation.

being provided for the purpose as shown at Y fastened, and then the hooks 15 are 1 side thereof, and

additional adjustment may be had by the use of two rows of eyes. This support holds the internal organs in place. where they belong, but without undue restriction..

At the back, the elastic connection be- .tween the. upper or brassiere portion and'the;

lower or girdle portion permits the garment to stretch, as in bending, stooping, or reachand it also removes the pull from'the The boning at the back from the waist down is sc'ientific-ally placed so as to make the garment cut-in around and just below the fleshy part of the'back, thus affording comfort and shapeliness to the figure.

Irlaim:

ing,

An undergarment.comprising a brassiere portion, a girdle portion, an intermediateelastic portion secured to said girdle per- 'iion and said brassiere portion and extendcentral stiffening strip terminating below 'ing across the back from one side of the the waist line, and auxiliary strips secured garment to the other, an abdominal supto said central strip and being inclined 10 porting member, an elastic webbing secured downwardly and outwardly with respect-to to each side of said abdominal supporting the central strip.

member and to the interior of the garment,

said abdominal supporting member having a ADOLPH LIPMAN. 

